Search Results: Authors starting with W from NEXUS BOOKS

Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1927. First edition. Watters 589, Strathern 595, Smith 10634, Whale 1605. The latter quotes the story that Wade, after speaking to a Kamloops high school class and finding almost no-one knew of the explorer, wrote this book. A tight, bright Near Fine copy in original blue cloth boards. An excellent copy..

Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1972. First edition, hardcover, 177 pages. A Near Fine copy ("nearly new" condition), clean, bright and firmly-bound. In a VG dustjacket which is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. No internal markings, underlinings or highlighting of any kind..

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. A facsimile reprint of the Champlain Society (Toronto) edition of 1953 (Champlain Society Publication XXXII). Edited and with a ten page Preface and ninety page Introduction by Gerald S. Graham. Includes the Journal of Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker (with the ninety-five page Appendix), the Preparations for the Proposed Attack on Quebec, the Voyage and the Disaster, the Reaction of New England, Miscellaneous Documents, and Index. A Fine bright copy in original full red cloth, gilt lettered on spine, without dustwrapper, as issued. Substantial and comprehensive..

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1951. First American edition. 283 pages. Five finely-crafted stories by a modern master of the weird tale. Attractive old book-plate on front pastedown, a VG+ hardcover in original yellow cloth, lettered in green on spine. Page edges lightly age-browned but a firm, tight copy. In a Very Good dustjacket with just a few very small chips at corner tips. Quite scarce in jacket..

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1990. First edition, hardcover in dustjacket. A Fine copy in new condition, in a Fine dustjacket..

Vancouver: UBC / University of British Columbia Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover in pictorial boards (was not issued with a dustjacket), 328 pages. A social and institutional history of demography in Canada, focusing on the period from 1913 to 1995. It discusses the origins of demography in Europe and Canada from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and the development of demography in the French- and English-speaking regions of Canada. One corner tip slightly bumped else a Fine, brand new copy.. New.

London: Macmillan, 1995. First edition, first printing (number line on copyright page begins with 1). Hardcover, 519 pages. A highly acclaimed vampire novel, the sequel to the author's 'A Dance in Blood Velvet'. "A seductive blend of the fantastic and the gruesome" - Ramsay Campbell. A little shelf wear along bottom edge of boards, one small, shallow dent on front board, still a crisp, tight copy, at least VG+ and probably most would grade this Near Fine. In a Near Fine dustjacket with a small abrasion on the front panel close to the flap fold. Overall both book and jacket are fresh and bright. A nice copy of a very scarce book..

Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999. First edition. With numerous b.& w. photographs and maps, glossary, bibliography and index. The author and her husband first visited the Arctic in 1938. The journals she kept over the next three years form the basis for this book. The Washburns traveled the coastal areas of Victoria and King William Islands by boat and dog team, and flew over them in single engine planes. Their companions included native Inuit, Hudson's Bay Company employees, Canadian government workers, and Catholic and Anglican missionaries. A Fine "as new" hardcover copy in a Fine flawless dustwrapper..

Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1978. First edition, hardcover, 561 pages. Neat book-plate on front pastedown, else a Very Good condition copy in original navy blue cloth binding. No textual markings whatsoever: no underlining, no highlighting, no marginal notes. This is a deaccessioned copy from an academic library so has a small number in white ink at the heel of the spine of the book and jacket, and a very small inkstamp on top and bottom edges of the text block. There are NO library pockets, date labels or any other ex-library accretions (and the small number sequence at the bottom of the jacket spine is not very noticeable). In a Very Good dustjacket (now protected in a removable mylar sleeve). A nice copy of an extremely scarce book in hardcover..

New York: Cambridge University Press (Canto Imprint), 2012. Ninth printing, softcover. A Fine, brand new copy.. New.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First American edition. A Near Fine copy in original blue cloth, without dustjacket..

London: Sphere Books Limited, 1975. First British edition (states "First U.K. publication" on front cover). Pictorial card covers i.e. paperback. Signs of careful removal of small sticker at top corner of front cover, else a Near Fine copy with only miniscule traces of edgewear. The spine is perfectly tight and uncreased, an excellent copy..

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1928 First edition. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed, a VG+ copy in original brown cloth, without dustwrapper. Bleiler, 'Checklist', 1978, p. 205..

London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1959. Fifth edition, third printing, printer's code reads "610.659". A VG+ copy in original green boards. Ink name on fly-leaf and again at end of last page but no other markings. A very clean, tight copy. In a Good+ price-clipped dustwrapper which has a 1/2 chip missing from heel of spine and light erosion at corner tips, but is otherwise quite bright and unrubbed. An uncommon early printing..

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 1949. First edition ("First Printed - February 1949" on copyright page). Hardcover, 284 pages, plus three pages of advertisements for forthcoming novels at back. A 'Miss Silver' novel. A Very Good copy in original blue cloth, lettered in black. No inscription or book-plate, hinges and binding are firm and tight. In a VG- dustjacket which is complete on both front and back panels but has about one inch of chipping missing at heel of spine, several short edge tears, and light erosion at corner tips (jacket now protected under mylar). Quite scarce in jacket..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. First edition, hardcover, 169 pages. A Fine, brand new copy in a Fine flawless dustjacket..

London: Hutchinson, 1952. Fourth printing (first was 1941). Cheap paper a little age-browned as usual, a solid VG+ hardcover copy, very clean, tight and bright. No previous ownership markings or bookplates. In a VG+ dustwrapper which has very slight edge-wear and a little dust-soiling/age-browning on back panel and spine. The front panel pictorial art by Abbey is clean, bright and striking..

Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First edition, hardcover, 327 pages. A Fine copy in brand new condition, no flaws at all, completely clean and unmarked. In a Fine dustjacket. A very uncommon book.. New.

Ashcroft, British Columbia: Ash-Tree Press, 1999. First edition. A Limited Edition of only 500 copies. Twelve excellent macabre stories. A Fine hardcover in a Fine dustwrapper..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966. First edition (stated at bottom of copyright page). Hardcover in dustjacket. A VG+ copy in original black cloth-bound boards. Small inkstamp on rear endpaper. In a complete, Very Good condition jacket, with slight erosion at corner tips and a couple of short edge tears (no paper missing). Jacket in now in a protective mylar sleeve. A scarce first edition..